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CVE-2007-4061

Published: Jul 30, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
11.2%
Top 4.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument to the saveNessusRC method, which writes text specified by the addsetConfig method, possibly related to the SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
vulnerability scannernessus
Mixed
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
nessuscommercialUSSecurity Productsaka nessus vulnerability scanner

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://www.nessus.org/news/
nessus.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
exploit-db.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 30, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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